Frances
Rank in 2025
#318
recorded as girls
#10695
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
966
girls 960 · boys 6
Peak year
1918
16,132 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
600,721
since 1880
Born a Frances? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Frances was most popular in 1918, when 16,132 babies recorded as girls got the name (13.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 960 babies were named Frances, ranking #318 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 20%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 960 | 318 | 6 | 10695 |
| 2024 | 829 | 375 | 9 | 8312 |
| 2023 | 760 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 755 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 801 | 392 | 9 | 8166 |
| 2020 | 744 | 418 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2019 | 718 | 438 | 5 | 12145 |
| 2018 | 723 | 441 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 730 | 437 | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | 721 | 446 | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | 614 | 513 | 6 | 10644 |
| 2014 | 484 | 603 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 409 | 690 | 6 | 10728 |
| 2012 | 364 | 763 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | 348 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 356 | 769 | 5 | 12231 |
| 2009 | 355 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 368 | 793 | 7 | 9871 |
| 2007 | 347 | 826 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 360 | 762 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 355 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 427 | 639 | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | 449 | 606 | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | 415 | 617 | 8 | 7643 |
| 2001 | 429 | 590 | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | 454 | 572 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 488 | 520 | 6 | 8704 |
| 1998 | 547 | 471 | 10 | 5840 |
| 1997 | 531 | 474 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | 544 | 459 | 10 | 5535 |
| 1995 | 571 | 450 | 10 | 5501 |
| 1994 | 608 | 412 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 640 | 394 | 12 | 4697 |
| 1992 | 669 | 387 | 18 | 3459 |
| 1991 | 711 | 360 | 21 | 2989 |
| 1990 | 759 | 351 | 12 | 4407 |
| 1989 | 781 | 324 | 17 | 3325 |
| 1988 | 807 | 307 | 17 | 3079 |
| 1987 | 806 | 303 | 13 | 3521 |
| 1986 | 765 | 313 | 19 | 2684 |
| 1985 | 834 | 295 | 15 | 3070 |
| 1984 | 855 | 282 | 21 | 2364 |
| 1983 | 875 | 270 | 19 | 2493 |
| 1982 | 904 | 271 | 19 | 2518 |
| 1981 | 925 | 271 | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | 938 | 267 | 12 | 3430 |
| 1979 | 913 | 267 | 14 | 3018 |
| 1978 | 924 | 256 | 20 | 2279 |
| 1977 | 940 | 265 | 18 | 2458 |
| 1976 | 948 | 247 | 16 | 2601 |
| 1975 | 1,029 | 234 | 14 | 2751 |
| 1974 | 1,068 | 238 | 19 | 2199 |
| 1973 | 1,155 | 217 | 16 | 2405 |
| 1972 | 1,282 | 216 | 14 | 2534 |
| 1971 | 1,451 | 208 | 25 | 1784 |
| 1970 | 1,627 | 199 | 18 | 2125 |
| 1969 | 1,640 | 195 | 25 | 1642 |
| 1968 | 1,745 | 185 | 27 | 1506 |
| 1967 | 1,868 | 171 | 17 | 1906 |
| 1966 | 2,126 | 162 | 19 | 1757 |
| 1965 | 2,262 | 163 | 24 | 1595 |
| 1964 | 2,599 | 152 | 37 | 1288 |
| 1963 | 2,745 | 146 | 35 | 1318 |
| 1962 | 3,004 | 143 | 26 | 1546 |
| 1961 | 3,422 | 134 | 28 | 1521 |
| 1960 | 3,590 | 127 | 30 | 1463 |
| 1959 | 3,717 | 124 | 36 | 1302 |
| 1958 | 3,847 | 118 | 36 | 1277 |
| 1957 | 4,094 | 113 | 39 | 1250 |
| 1956 | 4,324 | 107 | 42 | 1171 |
| 1955 | 4,641 | 96 | 55 | 1011 |
| 1954 | 5,153 | 83 | 32 | 1333 |
| 1953 | 5,786 | 72 | 39 | 1189 |
| 1952 | 6,079 | 67 | 45 | 1081 |
| 1951 | 6,584 | 59 | 43 | 1097 |
| 1950 | 6,975 | 51 | 37 | 1181 |
| 1949 | 7,440 | 49 | 45 | 1047 |
| 1948 | 8,179 | 42 | 33 | 1256 |
| 1947 | 8,943 | 39 | 57 | 923 |
| 1946 | 8,450 | 39 | 31 | 1257 |
| 1945 | 7,940 | 34 | 38 | 1039 |
| 1944 | 8,487 | 33 | 63 | 790 |
| 1943 | 9,449 | 31 | 57 | 885 |
| 1942 | 9,471 | 30 | 59 | 851 |
| 1941 | 8,468 | 31 | 62 | 798 |
| 1940 | 8,621 | 28 | 60 | 802 |
| 1939 | 8,577 | 26 | 65 | 745 |
| 1938 | 8,921 | 23 | 68 | 742 |
| 1937 | 9,057 | 19 | 85 | 637 |
| 1936 | 8,789 | 19 | 64 | 756 |
| 1935 | 8,770 | 19 | 92 | 605 |
| 1934 | 9,206 | 19 | 111 | 560 |
| 1933 | 8,883 | 18 | 84 | 632 |
| 1932 | 9,552 | 19 | 111 | 560 |
| 1931 | 9,718 | 18 | 118 | 535 |
| 1930 | 10,644 | 16 | 127 | 529 |
| 1929 | 11,093 | 16 | 95 | 627 |
| 1928 | 12,137 | 13 | 140 | 512 |
| 1927 | 12,988 | 12 | 125 | 551 |
| 1926 | 13,355 | 10 | 114 | 580 |
| 1925 | 13,824 | 11 | 114 | 588 |
| 1924 | 15,183 | 10 | 105 | 622 |
| 1923 | 14,881 | 10 | 105 | 620 |
| 1922 | 15,054 | 10 | 95 | 657 |
| 1921 | 15,993 | 9 | 106 | 616 |
| 1920 | 15,883 | 9 | 108 | 604 |
| 1919 | 15,106 | 9 | 101 | 600 |
| 1918 | 16,132 | 8 | 97 | 625 |
| 1917 | 14,363 | 9 | 72 | 723 |
| 1916 | 13,746 | 9 | 107 | 552 |
| 1915 | 12,786 | 9 | 91 | 601 |
| 1914 | 9,677 | 9 | 77 | 569 |
| 1913 | 7,694 | 9 | 59 | 564 |
| 1912 | 6,680 | 9 | 46 | 599 |
| 1911 | 4,967 | 10 | 36 | 489 |
| 1910 | 4,448 | 11 | 38 | 447 |
| 1909 | 3,780 | 12 | 20 | 590 |
| 1908 | 3,593 | 14 | 21 | 553 |
| 1907 | 3,299 | 16 | 33 | 388 |
| 1906 | 3,026 | 14 | 22 | 472 |
| 1905 | 2,887 | 16 | 23 | 463 |
| 1904 | 2,657 | 16 | 23 | 444 |
| 1903 | 2,365 | 19 | 17 | 527 |
| 1902 | 2,326 | 23 | 19 | 490 |
| 1901 | 2,071 | 25 | 25 | 371 |
| 1900 | 2,495 | 26 | 19 | 555 |
| 1899 | 2,058 | 24 | 12 | 583 |
| 1898 | 2,379 | 22 | 21 | 435 |
| 1897 | 1,975 | 27 | 18 | 459 |
| 1896 | 1,964 | 27 | 19 | 462 |
| 1895 | 1,833 | 29 | 16 | 501 |
| 1894 | 1,776 | 29 | 17 | 480 |
| 1893 | 1,622 | 34 | 20 | 401 |
| 1892 | 1,670 | 31 | 10 | 688 |
| 1891 | 1,397 | 34 | 10 | 597 |
| 1890 | 1,416 | 33 | 12 | 566 |
| 1889 | 1,351 | 34 | 15 | 482 |
| 1888 | 1,452 | 30 | 15 | 505 |
| 1887 | 1,105 | 34 | 12 | 516 |
| 1886 | 1,059 | 38 | 12 | 540 |
| 1885 | 844 | 46 | 12 | 547 |
| 1884 | 789 | 46 | 16 | 468 |
| 1883 | 710 | 45 | 17 | 433 |
| 1882 | 681 | 45 | 12 | 540 |
| 1881 | 586 | 45 | 12 | 503 |
| 1880 | 605 | 42 | 16 | 442 |
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Where Frances is most popular
- District of Columbia4.4×
- Oregon2.5×
- Alabama2.2×
- Minnesota2.1×
- Washington1.7×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years